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you say here comes romney, here comes romney. the president can stop him if right now he's ahead in wisconsin, he's ahead in ohio, ahead in the public polls in iowa, the romney campaign says that's a dead heat. if the president can hold ohio it almost impossible, not impossible, but almost impossible for governor romney to get to 270. i suspect we got two weeks to go. vice president biden will be paying income taxes in ohio by election day and the president will be through there several times too. but make no mistake, the republicans will be rolling in right behind them. >> i know you're in virginia. let's not forget florida. 29 electoral votes there. we know that florida has a lot of jewish voters. i want to play this exchange this is from last night's debate concerning the state of israel. it begins with mitt romney explaining why he keeps accusing the president of launching this apology tour early in his presidency. here he was. >> mr. president, the reason i call it an apology tour is because you went to the middle east and y
you say here comes romney, here comes romney. the president can stop him if right now he's ahead in wisconsin, he's ahead in ohio, ahead in the public polls in iowa, the romney campaign says that's a dead heat. if the president can hold ohio it almost impossible, not impossible, but almost impossible for governor romney to get to 270. i suspect we got two weeks to go. vice president biden will be paying income taxes in ohio by election day and the president will be through there several times...
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so a two-fer for romney. win to romney on that one. overall a good debate for president but not a knockout, carol. >> got you. back to paul. mr. romney slip-ups? >> reporter: i think the first strength is also the first weakne weakness. he played it safe. look, who won the debate? our poll indicates the president won the debate as do some other post debate polls. the president definitely won the narrative. mitt romney did not. second thing that comes to my moind is missed opportunities. a lot of us were expecting mitt romney to be more aggressive going after the president on libya, that benghazi attack and on syria but he was much more of a me, too, candidate. and finally the gender gap. we've seen the gender gap with women. the president did much better with women, women thinking that the president won the debate by double digits. carol? >> paul steinhauser, jessica yellin, thank you very much. >>> in an hour we'll talk to someone from ohio and pennsylvania. yes, it's middle-class talk back time. mike rowe here at a ford dealer with a
so a two-fer for romney. win to romney on that one. overall a good debate for president but not a knockout, carol. >> got you. back to paul. mr. romney slip-ups? >> reporter: i think the first strength is also the first weakne weakness. he played it safe. look, who won the debate? our poll indicates the president won the debate as do some other post debate polls. the president definitely won the narrative. mitt romney did not. second thing that comes to my moind is missed...
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the negative ads against mitt romney all summer long have evaporated after mitt romney's performance in denver, and that's precisely the gamble that mitt romney was making last night, that he wants to carry that momentum forward and not allow the negative attacks to stick if he is boisterous or rambunctious. >> 30 seconds left and, amy, you will start. the likability factor among our polling dipped for president obama with all of that attacking that may stick, so quick line from you, amy, and quick line from john. was it worth it on a foreign policy debate that might not have been watched by that many people to go for the gust owe and yet perhaps lose likability? >> when you attack your opponent, you may bring his negatives down but you also bring your own negatives down. i think last night you saw mitt romney was playing for the center, the undecideds. when he talked about bipartisan ship, president obama was playing to the base. those zingers were went to get up the base. it is a get out the vote effort at this point. >> obama can lose a little in the likability, but i agree. i thi
the negative ads against mitt romney all summer long have evaporated after mitt romney's performance in denver, and that's precisely the gamble that mitt romney was making last night, that he wants to carry that momentum forward and not allow the negative attacks to stick if he is boisterous or rambunctious. >> 30 seconds left and, amy, you will start. the likability factor among our polling dipped for president obama with all of that attacking that may stick, so quick line from you, amy,...
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i talked to a senior romney strategist leading the hotel where mitt romney has been doing his debate prep about an hour ago and asked about this possibility. they said that they are preparing for a president who will not come out like a lamb. and even though that -- this debate setting tonight is going to be around a round table discussion, i just talked to a democratic source a few moments ago, brooke, who said if you look at how they're going to be seated at the table tonight, it is going to be very interesting. bob schieffer will be across from them, but then mitt romney and president obama will be seated very close to one another. so unlike last week, at the town hall debate, where they were crossing the stage to invade each other's personal space, they will already be in each other's personal space. >> like the vice presidential debate. >> reporter: right. >> back and forth and back and forth, right. >> reporter: that's right. so you may see -- i was talking to a democratic source about this and they said, they don't have to walk up to each other, they may be kicking each other
i talked to a senior romney strategist leading the hotel where mitt romney has been doing his debate prep about an hour ago and asked about this possibility. they said that they are preparing for a president who will not come out like a lamb. and even though that -- this debate setting tonight is going to be around a round table discussion, i just talked to a democratic source a few moments ago, brooke, who said if you look at how they're going to be seated at the table tonight, it is going to...
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we haven't heard a whole lot from mitt romney. he's been in debate prep this weekend, in debate prep right now. but his running mate paul ryan addressed that last night in colorado. >> what peace through strength means is our adversaries are much less willing to test us, they're less brazen, and our allies are more willing to trust us. what it means is our adversaries when they see us projecting weakness, when they see us hollowing out our military, when they see us equivocating when it comes time to stand up for our beliefs and values overseas, they think we are a super power in decline. >> reporter: and there you have paul ryan last night in colorado trying to rev up a campaign rally. you know, we talk a lot about benghazi and how it's going to be an issue tonight. i think it's going to be an issue in a broader spectrum for mitt romney to try to talk more about terrorism in the middle east and, of course, paul ryan there talking about what america's standing is, and i think he's speaking directly to the report now that the u.s.
we haven't heard a whole lot from mitt romney. he's been in debate prep this weekend, in debate prep right now. but his running mate paul ryan addressed that last night in colorado. >> what peace through strength means is our adversaries are much less willing to test us, they're less brazen, and our allies are more willing to trust us. what it means is our adversaries when they see us projecting weakness, when they see us hollowing out our military, when they see us equivocating when it...
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. >> mitt romney every second you're talking about foreign policy is wasted, which might mean that romney tries to break out of that and tries to bring home some of the foreign policy issues to domestic economic issues. >> is that a bit harsh, or is that what mitt romney needs to do? get on to the topic of the economy and not deal too much with the intricacies of syria? >> to do so you have to show confidence as it relates to world affairs. i also think that the united states is ready for a change. it knows it's off track. it wants to make that change. to the extent that mitt romney can project himself as the next commander in chief, as the president of the united states, then i think the people are willing to make that choice. certainly, there's a direct tie between our economic strength, our military strength, and our position in the world. >> obviously, the voters are the ones here in the united states that m is trying to appeal to. are you concerned about his reputation overseas? it wasn't a particularly successful overseas trip he did when he seemed to offend londoners over the olymp
. >> mitt romney every second you're talking about foreign policy is wasted, which might mean that romney tries to break out of that and tries to bring home some of the foreign policy issues to domestic economic issues. >> is that a bit harsh, or is that what mitt romney needs to do? get on to the topic of the economy and not deal too much with the intricacies of syria? >> to do so you have to show confidence as it relates to world affairs. i also think that the united states...
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romney spoke to them on the record. i didn't understand why it was going to background, as they say, or off the record, and then the newspaper has said, you know, we did speak to him, but we can't tell you what he said because it was off the record. it was on background. the campaign -- the president does go through some issues there. maybe he didn't want to make it public. he says he is confidented that imgrigs reform will be done if he is re-elected. maybe in the first year he says there will be a grand bargain in his words as far as the budget is concerned. he goes on to say he will push for infrastructure investment meeting more spending for bridges and roads, and he promises that that $4 trillion deficit reduction target will be met. he said if i am re-elected he said the latino vote will be critical. i don't think that's a surprise, but normally you don't hear a presidential candidacy i'm going to be re-elected because i'm going to do really well among latinos. >> i guess it was advisable that the campaign changed
romney spoke to them on the record. i didn't understand why it was going to background, as they say, or off the record, and then the newspaper has said, you know, we did speak to him, but we can't tell you what he said because it was off the record. it was on background. the campaign -- the president does go through some issues there. maybe he didn't want to make it public. he says he is confidented that imgrigs reform will be done if he is re-elected. maybe in the first year he says there will...
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mitt romney on sunday. virginia, it is truly up for grabs and our chief national correspondent john king takes us on a tour of this key battleground state. >> reporter: ten straight presidential elections reliably red and then blue for president obama. pop it up and closer because i want to show you something. see what i just drew in? northern virginia suburbs. everywhere else, john mccain and barack obama even. the mar join 234,000 states. all of it from right here. urgency in a place once reliably red. >> this is bob calling from the republican party in virginia. >> reporter: mitt romney's path to the white house runs through virginia and to win it he must run strong in the fast-changing suburbs within an hour's drive of washington. >> all about northern virginia. there have been so many people moving in to northern virginia particularly from northeast and democratic areas that they have turned a solid red state in to a purple state. >> reporter: they like the trend line. >> if you look at the dozen polls
mitt romney on sunday. virginia, it is truly up for grabs and our chief national correspondent john king takes us on a tour of this key battleground state. >> reporter: ten straight presidential elections reliably red and then blue for president obama. pop it up and closer because i want to show you something. see what i just drew in? northern virginia suburbs. everywhere else, john mccain and barack obama even. the mar join 234,000 states. all of it from right here. urgency in a place...
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romney is going to challenge him and he's going to say, and the great strength and weakness of the romney foreign agenda is he's got to counteract the presidency. we don't know what mitt romney will do or not, so he can basically say to the president, look, you need to arm me the rebels. you need to seriously consider a no fly zone, but there is a trap there for the governor because that takes america down a road away from the reality that the domestic economy is going to be the key issue. so that's one. israel is another key issue, and here i think the romney campaign really does -- can get some traction in a state like florida. the fact is, the president went after a comprehensive settlement freeze. it failed, and in the process he not only alienated the israelis, but he also alienated the palestinians and the arabs as well and made a bad situation worse. >> i'm going to interrupt you because time is always fleeting, and i want to bring up iran because that seems to be the critical issue of the moment for both of these men. what do you do with iran? should a military strike be considere
romney is going to challenge him and he's going to say, and the great strength and weakness of the romney foreign agenda is he's got to counteract the presidency. we don't know what mitt romney will do or not, so he can basically say to the president, look, you need to arm me the rebels. you need to seriously consider a no fly zone, but there is a trap there for the governor because that takes america down a road away from the reality that the domestic economy is going to be the key issue. so...
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that may be good for romney. drew westen, thank you so much. >> happy to be on. >>> there is one thing president obama and mitt romney can agree on. rg3. we'll hear what they had to say about the redskins' rookie quarterback and bringing washington together. [music: artist: willy moon song: "yeah yeah" label: universal] ♪ everybody well don't you know it's me now? ♪ ♪ yeah who's it, who's it huh? ♪ ♪ willy's back with a brand new beat now, ♪ ♪ yeah doin' it doin' it up! ♪ heyyy yeah, tryin' to bite my style! ♪ ♪ heyyy yeah, how you like me now? ♪ ♪ na na na na na na na na ♪ and everybody go uh! >>> now is your chance to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. the question for you this morning, yes, it's your turn. seriously? are there still undecided voters? 15 days to the election. hard to believe, right? it seems this election has been going on since time began. most of you want it to be over already. except maybe those undecided voters. i mean, seriously, how could that be? mi
that may be good for romney. drew westen, thank you so much. >> happy to be on. >>> there is one thing president obama and mitt romney can agree on. rg3. we'll hear what they had to say about the redskins' rookie quarterback and bringing washington together. [music: artist: willy moon song: "yeah yeah" label: universal] ♪ everybody well don't you know it's me now? ♪ ♪ yeah who's it, who's it huh? ♪ ♪ willy's back with a brand new beat now, ♪ ♪ yeah doin'...
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this hour we'll hear from mitt romney. he will speak to supporters in reno, nevada, before jetting off to iowa for a speech tonight in cedar rapids. president obama was first on the trail this morning in davenport, iowa. and take a look at this. before the day is over, he'll have appeared in four states, in addition to iowa. he's got stops in colorado, nevada, plus "the tonight show" taping in southern california. here is the president ticking off some of his achievements at stop number one today. >> i said i'd bet on american workers and american ingenuity and while the other guy was saying let detroit go bankrupt, i went in there and worked with them, the workers and the management, and we saved a dying auto industry that is back on top of the world. on issue after issue we are moving forward. after losing 9 million jobs in the great recession, our businesses have now added more than 5 million new jobs over the past 2 1/2 years. manufacturing is at its highest level since the '90s. unemployment has fallen to its lowest l
this hour we'll hear from mitt romney. he will speak to supporters in reno, nevada, before jetting off to iowa for a speech tonight in cedar rapids. president obama was first on the trail this morning in davenport, iowa. and take a look at this. before the day is over, he'll have appeared in four states, in addition to iowa. he's got stops in colorado, nevada, plus "the tonight show" taping in southern california. here is the president ticking off some of his achievements at stop...
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mitt romney has endorsed mourdock. here it is, for all the world to see. >> this fall, i'm supporting mitch arrested mourdock for senate. as state treasurer, richard worked with daniels to balance the budget and make government more accountable. as senator, richard will be the 51st vote to repeal and replace government-run health care. richard will help stop the liberal reid/pelosi agenda. >> now romney is distancing himself from mourdock's latest comments, but don't expect him to run very far. he says mourdock's are way different than congressman todd akin. aiken talked about a magical uterus that could prevent pregnancy after rape. mourdock expressed his strong belief that god creates all live. what's unclear, whether any of this will affect the race between romney and obama. talkback question for you. do candidates' comments on rape and abortion influence your vote? facebook.com/carolcnn. facebook.com/carolcnn. your comments, later this hour. >>> hurricane season, of course, not over yet. residents in jamaica are ge
mitt romney has endorsed mourdock. here it is, for all the world to see. >> this fall, i'm supporting mitch arrested mourdock for senate. as state treasurer, richard worked with daniels to balance the budget and make government more accountable. as senator, richard will be the 51st vote to repeal and replace government-run health care. richard will help stop the liberal reid/pelosi agenda. >> now romney is distancing himself from mourdock's latest comments, but don't expect him to...
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bush has endorsed mitt romney all along. and when you take a look at colin powell you have to wonder if that's an endorsement based on issues or whether he's got a slightly different reason for preferring president obama. >> what reason would that be? >> i think when you have somebody of your own race that you're proud of being president in the united states, i applaud colin for standing with him. >> colin powell is a friend and i respect the endorsement decision that he made and i do not doubt that it was based on anything but his support of the president's policies. piers morgan's question was whether he should leave the party and i don't think he should. on that, let me bring in peter wellston. just quickly your reaction to sununu's clarification. >> well, he clearly realized that he stepped in it. he had to fix it. you know, colin powell is a popular figure, one of the most popular figures to all americans. so when you start questioning his motives that might be different than the motives he laid out in his endorsement,
bush has endorsed mitt romney all along. and when you take a look at colin powell you have to wonder if that's an endorsement based on issues or whether he's got a slightly different reason for preferring president obama. >> what reason would that be? >> i think when you have somebody of your own race that you're proud of being president in the united states, i applaud colin for standing with him. >> colin powell is a friend and i respect the endorsement decision that he made...
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wife, ann romney. two fascinating women and strong advocates for their successful and ambitious husbands. at the bottom of the hour we'll bring you a special of "the journey of ann romney." she tells our own gloria borger that some people have the wrong impression of her husband. >> there are a lot of charges about your husband. one of them is that he's somebody who has no core. that he's been on both sides of a lot of issues. >> and that's just to me like the most false charge there is. because i know his core. >> what is his core? >> honesty, integrity, decency, intelligence, conviction to doing the right thing. for me i've seen that in everything he's done. and he's exhibited it in every way that he's lived his life. >> more from mrs. romney at the bottom of the hour here on cnn the in the meantime the first lady, michelle obama, spoke with our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin. she says her husband, the president, is dedicated to helping all americans. >> what i can tell you about my h
wife, ann romney. two fascinating women and strong advocates for their successful and ambitious husbands. at the bottom of the hour we'll bring you a special of "the journey of ann romney." she tells our own gloria borger that some people have the wrong impression of her husband. >> there are a lot of charges about your husband. one of them is that he's somebody who has no core. that he's been on both sides of a lot of issues. >> and that's just to me like the most false...
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i saw a pro romney ad, talking to a voter and romney gives a gulp, couldn't help but wonder if i saw this 20 times did they decided they would leave the gulp in because it made romney look more human and concerned, take it out because it would make him look weak. these are the things you start to fixate on when you see something 20 times in the space of a short time. >> and even people not locked in a room, they see these campaign ads 20, 30, 40 times. i mean at what point during the 45 hours did you just completely zone out and not care anymore? >> oh, i would say about a third of the way through, i started to be overwhelmed and by halfway through it was a nightmare to see the same ad for the 18th time and i would notice the tiny things. i remember there was a woman in a pro obama ad, a woman in a grocery store comparison shopping because she's trying to save money and looking at these two cans of tuna and i kept wonderi wondering which one she was going to pick and you never find out. see the ad for the 19th time it goes battie. >> is that the one that haunts your nightmares? >> am
i saw a pro romney ad, talking to a voter and romney gives a gulp, couldn't help but wonder if i saw this 20 times did they decided they would leave the gulp in because it made romney look more human and concerned, take it out because it would make him look weak. these are the things you start to fixate on when you see something 20 times in the space of a short time. >> and even people not locked in a room, they see these campaign ads 20, 30, 40 times. i mean at what point during the 45...
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we quickly moved indiana and missouri from lean romney to solid romney. why did we move north carolina? not because of the polls. the polls have indicated lately that mitt romney does have a slight advantage and seems to be growing by day but also, we take a look at where the president's been campaigning. guess what, when was the last time the president was in north carolina? you showed it, the convention in early september. ashleigh? >> thank you, paul. as we continue to look at all the states we look a lot at ohio, both the candidates stumping in ohio today, mitt romney on that stage in ohio, the rally in worthington will be later on today. just looking at my map. i think it's at 3:10 eastern time. you can bet your bottom dollar lot of folks getting out ready to watch the governor come into their state and do his blitz. back in a moment. if we want to improve our schools... ... what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ... nothing transforms schools like investing in advanced
we quickly moved indiana and missouri from lean romney to solid romney. why did we move north carolina? not because of the polls. the polls have indicated lately that mitt romney does have a slight advantage and seems to be growing by day but also, we take a look at where the president's been campaigning. guess what, when was the last time the president was in north carolina? you showed it, the convention in early september. ashleigh? >> thank you, paul. as we continue to look at all the...
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barack obama has a 50% to 46% margin over mitt romney in this latest poll, which is why mitt romney and paul ryan are stu stumping there today after modifying their plans. they were going to be in virginia, but because of the storm now they're in ohio. as you see here, the two rally supporters just a short time ago in salina, ohio. they have both spent several days in the buckeye state and have more on their calendar. let's talk a little more about the direction of that state and the voting electrorate has your own new polling out this morning showing a dead heat there. obama and romney both pulling 49% of support out of likely voters. this is in line with that tightening national race according to a number of major polls. so why is, or is it your view, that ohio is kind of the microcosm of the country? >> ohio is, indeed, fredricka. it always is. it's tied this time, but if you were to compare, let's say, texas or utah with new york and put them all in one state, you would have ohio. >> so the president has traveled to that state at least 24 times, mitt romney somewhere more than 40 ti
barack obama has a 50% to 46% margin over mitt romney in this latest poll, which is why mitt romney and paul ryan are stu stumping there today after modifying their plans. they were going to be in virginia, but because of the storm now they're in ohio. as you see here, the two rally supporters just a short time ago in salina, ohio. they have both spent several days in the buckeye state and have more on their calendar. let's talk a little more about the direction of that state and the voting...
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romney take it back. as cnn's john king reports, the answer is likely to lie in the suburbs in washington's backyard. >> you know, in ten straight presidential elections virginia had been reliably red and 2008 came along. you see it blue for president obama. let's pop it up. i drew in the northern virginia suburbs. everywhere else in the state john mccain and barack obama were even. the margin was 234,000 votes. all of it came from here. >> reporter: urgency in a place once reliably red. >> this is from the republican party in virginia. >> mitt romney's path to the white house run through virginia and to win it he must win it within an hour's drive of washington. >> it's all about northern virginia. they've moved here from democratic areas that they have turned a solid red state into a purple state. >> reporter: recent polls show a dead heat but this republican pollster likes the trend line. >> if you look at the dozen polls in virginia taken before the first presidential debate on october 3rd, obama was
romney take it back. as cnn's john king reports, the answer is likely to lie in the suburbs in washington's backyard. >> you know, in ten straight presidential elections virginia had been reliably red and 2008 came along. you see it blue for president obama. let's pop it up. i drew in the northern virginia suburbs. everywhere else in the state john mccain and barack obama were even. the margin was 234,000 votes. all of it came from here. >> reporter: urgency in a place once reliably...
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you've got mitt romney who's very outspoken. who do you think has the upper hand in that particular debate? >> they want to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. what point do they draw the linesome and for president obama, it's preventing iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. while mitt romney is drawing the line atingi ining iran from being the capacity to produce a fluke clear weapon. mitt romney should not be allowed even the capacity to develop that weapon. so they're very close, but in one sense we have also heard mitt romney go after president obama for his strange relations with his prime minister that there should be no daylight with israel and this is where he could go after him. again, for leadership. >> and an important point, specifically we start talking about a swing state like florida, because of a significant jewish population, they could be impacted because of howard -- i have to ask you about syria. it's bound to come up in this debate. president obama is going to say that we have to stay back, america
you've got mitt romney who's very outspoken. who do you think has the upper hand in that particular debate? >> they want to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. what point do they draw the linesome and for president obama, it's preventing iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. while mitt romney is drawing the line atingi ining iran from being the capacity to produce a fluke clear weapon. mitt romney should not be allowed even the capacity to develop that weapon. so they're very...
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on 30 rock, don cheadle is paid to endorse mitt romney. here it is. >> hi, i'm hollywood liberal don cheadle and i support -- barack obama would have you believe that african-americans are better off under his leadership. but i just got $10 million for appearing in an ad for mitt romney. so ask yourselves, brothers and sisters, who's really got your back? because from where i'm standing, mitt romney is -- oh, my dear -- >> dean is here. your new article on cnn.com, are you getting more material from the right or from the left? >> it depends on what you're talking about. i try to get material from both. i think sometimes some of the politicians on the right give us more material. but some of the stuff this week was ridiculous. you had trump and coulter and sarah palin and john sununu. i just wrote an article entitled "ignore the publicity whores." the media reflects what we want. if ann coulter doesn't date ratings on piers morgan, she's not going to get them -- >> you were really flabbergasted at that. and then you sent me something -- and
on 30 rock, don cheadle is paid to endorse mitt romney. here it is. >> hi, i'm hollywood liberal don cheadle and i support -- barack obama would have you believe that african-americans are better off under his leadership. but i just got $10 million for appearing in an ad for mitt romney. so ask yourselves, brothers and sisters, who's really got your back? because from where i'm standing, mitt romney is -- oh, my dear -- >> dean is here. your new article on cnn.com, are you getting...
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mitt romney has texas, mitt romney has georgia and not much else in terms of big electoral votes which is why florida is so important for the republican candidate, always at least going back to 2000 when we first started to see it as a red state-blue state kind of divide. >> let's take a look at another state, and that's nevada, obama is leading, is this the latino vote factor that we have heard so much about? >> the president's going to win latinos outside of florida by a pretty healthy margin, the question is by how much, the other question we're going to need to answer and we won't know until after election. is the president's supporters going to show up to vote? they could be boosting him in nevada, but the other thing going on in nevada on the ground, which is unlike all of the other battleground states is the democrats have managed to -- the romney campaign and the government of the i'm in -- make up for the state party's dysfunction. the democrat had no such problem. the obama campaign and the state party run by senate majority leader harry reid is humming on all cylinders, they
mitt romney has texas, mitt romney has georgia and not much else in terms of big electoral votes which is why florida is so important for the republican candidate, always at least going back to 2000 when we first started to see it as a red state-blue state kind of divide. >> let's take a look at another state, and that's nevada, obama is leading, is this the latino vote factor that we have heard so much about? >> the president's going to win latinos outside of florida by a pretty...
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obama has 122 to romney's 40. in florida, obama has 102 to romney's 48. and in virginia, 47-29. a bit closer there. that's just those three states. and quickly, john, i have to wrap it up. but the other battleground states, are they representative like this, as well, in terms of obama really just -- almost 5-1, outnumbering romney in the battleground -- in the ground game effort. >> it is pretty consistent. across the nation, obama has around 750 local headquarters. mitt romney's campaign has around 280. but, again -- >> wow. >> folks in the romney and republican camp will tell you the rnc is deeply invested in ground game, particularly, and these headquarters are just one metric. what really matters is voter contacts, voter outreach. and republicans feel they have an edge there. but the obama campaign has been at this the last 18 months during the whole time romney was running to get the nomination, the obama campaign was focused on building out their ground game. >> ali and john, thank you very much. >> whose shirt? >> i'm not -- i'm not getting -- i'm going to show you one th
obama has 122 to romney's 40. in florida, obama has 102 to romney's 48. and in virginia, 47-29. a bit closer there. that's just those three states. and quickly, john, i have to wrap it up. but the other battleground states, are they representative like this, as well, in terms of obama really just -- almost 5-1, outnumbering romney in the battleground -- in the ground game effort. >> it is pretty consistent. across the nation, obama has around 750 local headquarters. mitt romney's campaign...
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romney has waffled on that. on education, despite what you hear, they're the same on gun control, neither will touch it because of the gun lobby. on abortion and gay marriage, they're the exact opposite of each other. so, lz, what's so hard, do you think for undecided voters to make up their mind over? >> i think it's the apathy that they feel towards the president. you're right. it can't be clearer in terms of the two men being different. if you're undecided at this point, the only thing i can think of is you're waiting for the october jobs report just to see one last time if we truly are heading in the right direction. but you remember a few months ago where we were trying to figure out if we were better off four years ago than we are today. i've looked at things like the jobs report numbers and how this time four years ago, we had lost 500,000 jobs in this country. and now we've created more than 100,000 jobs. may not sound like a lot but that's a huge swing. when you look at that, i think it's pretty clear.
romney has waffled on that. on education, despite what you hear, they're the same on gun control, neither will touch it because of the gun lobby. on abortion and gay marriage, they're the exact opposite of each other. so, lz, what's so hard, do you think for undecided voters to make up their mind over? >> i think it's the apathy that they feel towards the president. you're right. it can't be clearer in terms of the two men being different. if you're undecided at this point, the only thing...
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you see romney making major speeches. to me this needs to be seen more through the prism of getting folks excited to go vote than through the prism of, hey, we're about to get some real big policy notifications here. >> you have the nbc wall street journal poll here saying that more people are confident that romney can best handle the economy overall. 46% to president obama's 40%. you got this poll over here from nbc, wall street journal saying more people believe that the president would do a better job looking out specifically for the middle class. 52% to 36% for romney. what do you think, candy, actually carries more weight. >> we've always thought the question cares about people like me or understands people like me to carry a lot of weight, and that's closest to the second question. in a -- but in an economy where people think what are we going to do, it is huge for mitt romney to have regained because that's where he was kind of a while back, and i think you can attribute this to the first debate. people looked at h
you see romney making major speeches. to me this needs to be seen more through the prism of getting folks excited to go vote than through the prism of, hey, we're about to get some real big policy notifications here. >> you have the nbc wall street journal poll here saying that more people are confident that romney can best handle the economy overall. 46% to president obama's 40%. you got this poll over here from nbc, wall street journal saying more people believe that the president would...
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no surprise, by the romney campaign. a spokesperson calling the attack laughable, saying "as governor mitt romney worked with democrats to close a 3 billion deficit, balanced budget by cutting taxes three times, lowered the massachusetts unemployment rate to 4.7%." this is going to be a really tough race here, fred, and you can tell by how many times the president has visited. two times in two weeks. and we're expecting vice president joe biden, barring the storm affecting his schedule to be here on monday. >> and then from new hampshire, the president is on to quite a few other battleground states, ohio being one of them. virginia, where else? >> reporter: he goes to ohio a few times actually. he is heading tomorrow to florida, a day early in anticipation of the storm. you have florida, virginia, ohio, wisconsin, colorado, then back to ohio, and then we'll see -- he is expected to continue on his travels through tuesday, election day. >> all right, thank you so much, traveling with the president there in new hampshire.
no surprise, by the romney campaign. a spokesperson calling the attack laughable, saying "as governor mitt romney worked with democrats to close a 3 billion deficit, balanced budget by cutting taxes three times, lowered the massachusetts unemployment rate to 4.7%." this is going to be a really tough race here, fred, and you can tell by how many times the president has visited. two times in two weeks. and we're expecting vice president joe biden, barring the storm affecting his...
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unfortunately governor romney's plan doesn't do it. we got to do it in a responsible way, by cutting out spending we don't need. but also asking the wealthiest to pay a little bit more that way we can invest in the research and technology that's always kept us at the cutting edge. governor romney has taken a different approach throughout this campaign. both at home and abroad, he has proposed wrong and reckless policies. he has praised george bush as a good economic stewart and dick cheney as somebody who shows great wisdom and judgment. and taking us back to those kind of strategies that got us into this mess are not the way we are going to maintain leadership in the 21st century. >> governor romney, wrong and reckless policies? >> i have a policy and agenda for the future. when it comes to the economy here at home, i know what it takes to drive 12 million jobs and rising take home pay. what we have seen i don't want to see over four years the president said we would be at 5.4% unemployment. we are 9 million jobs short of that. i will
unfortunately governor romney's plan doesn't do it. we got to do it in a responsible way, by cutting out spending we don't need. but also asking the wealthiest to pay a little bit more that way we can invest in the research and technology that's always kept us at the cutting edge. governor romney has taken a different approach throughout this campaign. both at home and abroad, he has proposed wrong and reckless policies. he has praised george bush as a good economic stewart and dick cheney as...
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mitt romney is going to get the first question tomorrow night. they'll both have a chance then to answer the question and then there will be a discussion on it. this is going to be about foreign policy largely, but we can't forget about the economy. that will be a major theme tomorrow night. one of the themes when it comes to foreign policy surely is going to be this report from "the new york times" about how the u.s. has been in discussions about having one-on-one meetings with iran right after the elections. now, the administration has said that that, in fact, is not true. mitt romney was asked about it and he chose not to address the question. lindsay graham was on the talk shows this morning and he talked about it. >> i think the iranians are taking advantage of our election cycle to continue. they continue to enrich. >> reporter: won't just be about iran. it's going to be about afghanistan and pakistan. it's going to be about the new middle east and the new threat of terror from that region and china, the looming giant, of course, across the
mitt romney is going to get the first question tomorrow night. they'll both have a chance then to answer the question and then there will be a discussion on it. this is going to be about foreign policy largely, but we can't forget about the economy. that will be a major theme tomorrow night. one of the themes when it comes to foreign policy surely is going to be this report from "the new york times" about how the u.s. has been in discussions about having one-on-one meetings with iran...
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team romney brought in $112 million. that brings total fund-raising to more than $2 billion for 2012, which some analysts say could be the costliest history had. >>> conservative fire brand ann coulter, not well known for his delicate use of the english language is embroiled in controversy again after the face-off between obama and romney, coulter took to twitter to shareer feelings.[ she wrote, tweeted, i highly approve of romney's decision to be kind and gentle to the retard in response of her use of that offensive word to describe the president of the united states, special olympian john stevens ote a heartfelt, open letter explaining just why that word should not be an insult. here is what he had to say. >> dear ann coulter, come on, miss coulter, you aren't dumb and you aren't shallow, so why are you constantly using a word like the r word as an insult? i am a 30-year-old man with down syndrome who has struggled with the public's perception that my disability means i am dumb and shallow. i am not either of those thi
team romney brought in $112 million. that brings total fund-raising to more than $2 billion for 2012, which some analysts say could be the costliest history had. >>> conservative fire brand ann coulter, not well known for his delicate use of the english language is embroiled in controversy again after the face-off between obama and romney, coulter took to twitter to shareer feelings.[ she wrote, tweeted, i highly approve of romney's decision to be kind and gentle to the retard in...
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. >> you don't know mitt romney? >> no, i don't know. >> reporter: they may not be up on american politics here, but these chinese workers are in the middle of a u.s. political firestorm. they're blamed for taking american jobs, shipped to china by a company started by republican presidential candidate romney. >> do you like america? >> the american flag flies proudly here, but it's equally a symbol of chinese power. it's one of the china homes of sensaba technologies, owned by bain capital. work nerz freeport, illinois, say this is where their jobs are going. some are camping in tents protesting the plant closure of the sensada plant where they worked for decades. 170 jobs will be lost. the workers say they suffer while the company profits from cheap chinese labor. >> november 5th is scheduled to be my last day after 33 years. >> reporter: here sensada is anything but the bad guy. you speak to workers, and they say this is just the way of the world. china is an economic rival to the united states. it does export. it
. >> you don't know mitt romney? >> no, i don't know. >> reporter: they may not be up on american politics here, but these chinese workers are in the middle of a u.s. political firestorm. they're blamed for taking american jobs, shipped to china by a company started by republican presidential candidate romney. >> do you like america? >> the american flag flies proudly here, but it's equally a symbol of chinese power. it's one of the china homes of sensaba...
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mitt romney was asked about it today. he chose not to even address the question, but one of his surrogates, lindsay graham, was on the talk show this is morning, and he did. >> well, i think the iranians are trying to take advantage of our election cycle to continue to talk. as we talk with the iranians, whether it's bilaterally or unilaterally, they continue to enrich. >> and there you have lindsay graham this morning talking about how iran perhaps is maybe trying to influence the elections. as athena said, won't just be about iran, it's going to be about afghanistan and pakistan. it's going to be the new middle east and the new threat of terror from that region and china, the looming giant, of course, across the sea, across the ocean, that the united states has to pay close attention to. don? >> mark preston, soothsayer, looking into the future for us. thank you very much, sir. we appreciate it. remember, you can watch monday's final presidential debate live right here on cnn. our coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >
mitt romney was asked about it today. he chose not to even address the question, but one of his surrogates, lindsay graham, was on the talk show this is morning, and he did. >> well, i think the iranians are trying to take advantage of our election cycle to continue to talk. as we talk with the iranians, whether it's bilaterally or unilaterally, they continue to enrich. >> and there you have lindsay graham this morning talking about how iran perhaps is maybe trying to influence the...
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we're going to talk about politics and romney and obama on the campaign trail. even though this storm is kind of changing their plans, but they're full steam ahead on trying to get support. >> yeah. it's going to be interesting today to see how this storm pans out too. it's changing hour by hour. >> we're going to begin with that. we are seeing sandy is taking on a different personality by the minute but it is right now a hurricane strength and it is 355 miles southeast of charleston, south carolina. the wind gusts have increased to 90 miles per hour. washington, d.c., pennsylvania, maryland, virginia, new york and new jersey have all declared states of emergency already. in virginia, warships are tied up to their piers. sailors are getting sandbags prepared and national guard members are already in place and ready for action and along the jersey shore from cape may to ocean city, businesses are already boarding up and sandbagging getting ready for what sandy just might bring. so, further south now, north carolina, also gearing up for sa sandy. a total of 40 cou
we're going to talk about politics and romney and obama on the campaign trail. even though this storm is kind of changing their plans, but they're full steam ahead on trying to get support. >> yeah. it's going to be interesting today to see how this storm pans out too. it's changing hour by hour. >> we're going to begin with that. we are seeing sandy is taking on a different personality by the minute but it is right now a hurricane strength and it is 355 miles southeast of...
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so mitt romney has now an important endorsement out of iowa. the des moines register has chosen romney because they say it's all about the economy. it marks the first time in 40 years that the newspaper has backed a republican and the presidential general election. meanwhile, president obama has added the "new york times" to his endorsement column, the editorial page listed obama's achievement like saving the auto industry and health care reform as reasons for the endorsement. it he has not backed a republican since dwight eisenhower. >> ohio considered quite the price that could win either condition dat at the house. >> obama is scheduled to leave washington, he's not scheduled to leave washington today in fact he's staying close to the white house because of this storm. >> in newest poll in the state of ohio says mitt romney may have condition to be concerned. as we have said, it's a close rate there, we have asked likely voters who their choice is for president. barack obama has a 50%, a 46% margin over mitt romney -- they both have spent se
so mitt romney has now an important endorsement out of iowa. the des moines register has chosen romney because they say it's all about the economy. it marks the first time in 40 years that the newspaper has backed a republican and the presidential general election. meanwhile, president obama has added the "new york times" to his endorsement column, the editorial page listed obama's achievement like saving the auto industry and health care reform as reasons for the endorsement. it he...
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mitt romney was asked this question today. he chose not to answer it. as you said, don, this is all about foreign policy, or maybe it's not. tomorrow night's debate certainly will be centered on that. they'll be talking about israel and iran. they'll be talking about afghanistan and pakistan. they'll be talking about china. don, they will also be talking about the economy. that's the number one issue in this election. >> that is the number one issue in this election. foreign policy has i think 4% people think it's a priority when it comes to who they're going to vote for. how important is this next debate, mark? traditionally, debates don't make much of a difference, put after the president's performance in the first debate, he lost momentum, now mitt romney is gaining momentum. >> not only did he lose momentum nationally, he's lost momentum in battle ground states right now. tomorrow night is the most important night of the election, we say that every week. i know we sound like a broken record. the fact of the matter, that is true. whoever turns in a s
mitt romney was asked this question today. he chose not to answer it. as you said, don, this is all about foreign policy, or maybe it's not. tomorrow night's debate certainly will be centered on that. they'll be talking about israel and iran. they'll be talking about afghanistan and pakistan. they'll be talking about china. don, they will also be talking about the economy. that's the number one issue in this election. >> that is the number one issue in this election. foreign policy has i...
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romney will say in the speech today. this is not the time to double down on the triple down government policies that have failed us. it's time for new bold changes that measure up to the moment that can bring america's families the certainty that the future will be better than the past. again, you hear mitt romney talk about families. you're going to hear a lot about personal people that he has met over the last year and a half, suzanne. >> all right. we'll be paying attention. paul, good to see you, as always. >>> president obama is laying out his own economic plan. his vision for the next four years in a rolling stone interview. it hits newsstands today. the man who conducted the interview, he knows a thing or two about presidents. he is a presidential historian, author and history professor at rice university in texas. joining us from new york. doug, of course, good to see you here. "the rolling stones" cover has the president, you say, excessively cautious and perhaps a survival trait because at this time really nobo
romney will say in the speech today. this is not the time to double down on the triple down government policies that have failed us. it's time for new bold changes that measure up to the moment that can bring america's families the certainty that the future will be better than the past. again, you hear mitt romney talk about families. you're going to hear a lot about personal people that he has met over the last year and a half, suzanne. >> all right. we'll be paying attention. paul, good...
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or you agree with mitt romney, it is simple. that is not going to change between now and the election, then what gives here? >> well, you know what? at least when i spoke with the president the other day, he was willing to say that there was some shortcomings, in the four years that he has served. but he pointed out some interesting points, too. the car industry. the death of osama bin laden. i worked the day of 911, i saw people coming up the street devastated by that thing. and, you know, i think there -- i'm leaning towards -- with the president. because romney describes his five-point plan, but i don't see any kind of substance to it. and it seems to be, whatever negative about the president, he just harps on it, i don't see an agenda moving forward. >> all right, let's talk about it. we know how they stand on taxes. we know about that. we've seen there is a clear difference there, one is middle class, one upper class that doesn't want to get rid of the bush tax cuts, the other wants to get rid of the taxes, gun control, gay
or you agree with mitt romney, it is simple. that is not going to change between now and the election, then what gives here? >> well, you know what? at least when i spoke with the president the other day, he was willing to say that there was some shortcomings, in the four years that he has served. but he pointed out some interesting points, too. the car industry. the death of osama bin laden. i worked the day of 911, i saw people coming up the street devastated by that thing. and, you...
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romney. >> let me tell you, i'm confident in the future. look, i know these have been tough years and we're tired of being tired. yeah, the democrats chant four more years, we chant ten more days. righ right? >> ten more days, ten more days, ten more days, ten more days. >> you are right, ten more days, ten more days's we're changing our chant tomorrow, they keep saying four more years, we got a new chanlt, ten more days. let me tell you why i'm so confident. i have seen the entrepreneur's spirit in this country. i've seen it here, by the way. i was delighted. last time i was here, i had the chance to be with the governor of puerto rico. what a great man he is, they're entrepreneurs right here, in kissimmee, orlando, i have seen the entrepreneur's spirit, by the way, when you start a business and go to work in a small business, and you built it. you in fact, do build that business. the governor is right. and i know -- i know one of the reasons our nation is so successful is that people in ame
romney. >> let me tell you, i'm confident in the future. look, i know these have been tough years and we're tired of being tired. yeah, the democrats chant four more years, we chant ten more days. righ right? >> ten more days, ten more days, ten more days, ten more days. >> you are right, ten more days, ten more days's we're changing our chant tomorrow, they keep saying four more years, we got a new chanlt, ten more days. let me tell you why i'm so confident. i have seen the...
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from the romney camp? >> reporter: well, don, i'll tell you right now the romney campaign is feeling very optimistic, not only looking at those national polls, if you look at our latest cnn poll of polls mitt romney leading nationally over the president, but in ohio our latest cnn/orc, even though it shows the president with a healthy lead there, it is still within the margin of error and mitt romney has played some serious catch-up. there's another poll that came out a consortium of ohio newspapers that shows the race tied in this state. the romney campaign is feeling pretty good but the "x" factor in everything right now from now until election day, the last nine days of this race, all hinges on hurricane sandy at this point. an election that was already uncertain and unpredictable is now only worse. just in the last hour, don, we can tell you the president has gob gone ahead and canceled an event he had scheduled in youngstown, ohio, for tomorrow. president clinton and vice president biden will still be
from the romney camp? >> reporter: well, don, i'll tell you right now the romney campaign is feeling very optimistic, not only looking at those national polls, if you look at our latest cnn poll of polls mitt romney leading nationally over the president, but in ohio our latest cnn/orc, even though it shows the president with a healthy lead there, it is still within the margin of error and mitt romney has played some serious catch-up. there's another poll that came out a consortium of ohio...
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will he be able to campaign, and what do you think about governor romney? let's listen to the audio of david axelrod answering that question. >> i'm not going to tell governor romney what to do and, frankly, i don't think he is going to ask for my opinion either, but as far as the president goes, he has real responsibilities, and he, you know -- those responsibilities come first, and, you know, he is in constant contact with craig fugate, janet napolitano and all those with responsibility here and is going to monitor this. obviously, it's a very, very concerning situation. you know, in temz of the logistics, you know, we're obviously going to lose a bunch of campaign time, but that's as it has to be, and we'll try and make it up on the back end. so for us it's not a matter of optics. it's a matter of responsibility, and governor romney can decide for himself what he wants to do. >> and there you have david axelrod, chief strategist for president obama just a short time ago explaining how the obama campaign will spend their focus over the next couple of days
will he be able to campaign, and what do you think about governor romney? let's listen to the audio of david axelrod answering that question. >> i'm not going to tell governor romney what to do and, frankly, i don't think he is going to ask for my opinion either, but as far as the president goes, he has real responsibilities, and he, you know -- those responsibilities come first, and, you know, he is in constant contact with craig fugate, janet napolitano and all those with responsibility...
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mitt romney also having to change his itinerary. that's why we are going now to cnn's jim acosta always with the romney campaign and traveling with them. jim, the storm already having an impact on where you're going, isn't it? >> reporter: that is right, don. for the final nine days of the campaign, throw out the white dry erase board and perhaps take the doppler weather radar and lay it over the battleground map because that's how we track this campaign heading into the homestretch here. both campaigns, if you add them together of roughly a dozen campaign events so far between the president and mitt romney, mitt right now is heading to the gymnasium here in marion, ohio, with an event here tomorrow morning and then is getting out of the state. but, don, it will be very interesting to watch the final days of the campaign because of this storm. you saw the president also canceling events. not here in ohio, but his campaign events that were scheduled for today. instead of those campaign events, he went to church and the federal emerge
mitt romney also having to change his itinerary. that's why we are going now to cnn's jim acosta always with the romney campaign and traveling with them. jim, the storm already having an impact on where you're going, isn't it? >> reporter: that is right, don. for the final nine days of the campaign, throw out the white dry erase board and perhaps take the doppler weather radar and lay it over the battleground map because that's how we track this campaign heading into the homestretch here....
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and i think mitt romney is right on the button. but i don't think anybody cares about that right now. i think people care about whether or not their power is on, whether or not their basements are going to be flooded. and i think if the president gets too far in front of this and something goes wrong, people are going to remember, hey, my power's not out. and the president's talking about fema. i'm not a big fan of fema. that could sway their vote. >> we'll see. ron and maria, thanks so much for the discussion this morning. we appreciate it. we're going live to new york city. governor cuomo is having a news conference. this is in albany, rather. let's listen. >> one of the agencies that assists fema in doing the federal response to disasters, new york state is very well-prepared. our assets and our capabilities only come in after the state has exceeded their capabilities, which at this time, again, the state looks very well-prepared to do what needs to be done to ride out the effects of this event. so a couple of things that we'd l
and i think mitt romney is right on the button. but i don't think anybody cares about that right now. i think people care about whether or not their power is on, whether or not their basements are going to be flooded. and i think if the president gets too far in front of this and something goes wrong, people are going to remember, hey, my power's not out. and the president's talking about fema. i'm not a big fan of fema. that could sway their vote. >> we'll see. ron and maria, thanks so...
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romney was supposed to be in virginia yesterday campaigning. of course that got canceled because of sandy. he ended up campaigning in ohio, he and paul ryan. at all three stops there, mitt romney was talking about the stops and his prayers for people in harm's way. take a listen. >> i know that right now, some people in the country are a little nervous about a storm, about to hit the coast and our thoughts and prayers are with the people who will find themselves in harm's way. >> reporter: romney today's got an event coming up in a few minutes in ohio. then it's on to iowa and then on to wisconsin as well. but his campaign is doing stuff to help people out back on the east coast, people being affected. andrea saul said in north carolina, new hampshire, pennsylvania and virginia, we'll be collecting supplies at our victory offices to deliver local storm relief. in virginia, we are loading storm relief supplies onto the romney bus to be delivered. it's not the same as going to a fema news conference like the president is doing. but romney is tryi
romney was supposed to be in virginia yesterday campaigning. of course that got canceled because of sandy. he ended up campaigning in ohio, he and paul ryan. at all three stops there, mitt romney was talking about the stops and his prayers for people in harm's way. take a listen. >> i know that right now, some people in the country are a little nervous about a storm, about to hit the coast and our thoughts and prayers are with the people who will find themselves in harm's way. >>...
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and we are at a stage of the campaign where, listen, mitt romney could win. he's actually doing very well. >> absolutely. but john sununu is not helping the case. >> we don't need any unforced errors. and i think that when you put john sununu out there, he is a guy who says what he thinks. sometimes it comes out wrong. he's got no filters. i would say, get him off tv between now and november 6th. >> go ahead, l.z. >> we know why he's there. he's there because he speaks to a certain -- a number of people within the romney base. he gets them fired up. it's the same reason why bill maher says the things he says. it fires up a particular part of their base. john sununu is a racist. >> yes. >> i'm just going to call it. i'm just going to say it. >> -- 3:30 in the morning in hawaii. all the islands are at risk of this tsunami generated by a 7.7 magnitude earthquake that hit off the western coast of canada. the issue right now in hawaii is they're about 15 minutes away from seeing this tsunami. they've only had one hour's notice to evacuate. it's saturday night, a b
and we are at a stage of the campaign where, listen, mitt romney could win. he's actually doing very well. >> absolutely. but john sununu is not helping the case. >> we don't need any unforced errors. and i think that when you put john sununu out there, he is a guy who says what he thinks. sometimes it comes out wrong. he's got no filters. i would say, get him off tv between now and november 6th. >> go ahead, l.z. >> we know why he's there. he's there because he speaks...